Daarrba National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land) Explained
| Type: | protected |
| Daarrba National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land) |
| State: | qld |
| Iucn Category: | II |
| Coordinates: | -15.0692°N 145.1231°W |
| Relief: | yes |
| Nearest Town Or City: | Cooktown |
| Area: | 4.17 |
| Established: | 1973 |
| Managing Authorities: | Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service |
Daarrba National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land) is a national park in Queensland, Australia. It is 1,602 km northwest of Brisbane. The national park was previously named Mount Webb National Park until it was renamed on 28 November 2013.[1]
Vegetation
The national park features a number of unique and threatened ecosystems including rare examples of complex rainforest vegetation communities developed upon Basalt soils within the Cape York Peninsula bioregion.[2] [3]
Rainforest communities located within the national park include:
- Deciduous mesophyll/notophyll vine forest growing on alluvial soils.[2]
- Semi-deciduous mesophyll/notophyll vine forest growing on floodplains. [2]
- Semi-deciduous mesophyll/notophyll vine forest growing upon structured red earth soils derived from Basalt.[3]
- Semi-deciduous notophyll/microphyll vine forest growing on structured red earth soils derived from basalt in a shallow valley.[3]
- Semi-deciduous notophyll/microphyll vine forest growing on exposed metamorphic and granitic slopes.[2]
An additional threatened ecosystem located within the national park is a sclerophyll woodland dominated by Eucalyptus leptophleba, Corymbia tessellaris and Corymbia clarksoniana which has developed upon soils formed from basalt flows. [2]
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: 29 November 2013 . Nature Conservation (Protected Areas) Amendment Regulation (No. 3) 2013 . 10 January 2023.
- Web site: Mount Webb National Park Management Statement 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210401001937/https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0023/166325/mount-webb.pdf . 2021-04-01 . live . Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing. 2013. Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
- Web site: The rainforests of Cape York Peninsula.. J.P.. Stanton. Peter Stanton . D.G.. Fell. Brisbane, Qld. : Dept. of Environment and Heritage. April 27, 1995 . 106,107. National Library of Australia.
